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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 40638, member: 44&quot;]The military back when called those French Horns &quot;Looped Horns&quot; or &quot;Bugles.&quot; They were the infantry insignias for decades. According to the following file, the infantry discontinued this insignia in 1875.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In 1875 the &#039;bugle&#039; or &#039;looped horn,&#039; so long the badge of the infantry, was discarded for that branch, being replaced by crossed rifles with the number of the regiment in the upper angle. This was altered somewhat several months later when the letter of the company was ordered placed in the lower angle. Field and band musicians were to continue to wear the bugle and letter then prescribed.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Page 46/39:</p><p><a href="http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/HistoryTechnology/pdf_lo/SSHT-0030.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/HistoryTechnology/pdf_lo/SSHT-0030.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/HistoryTechnology/pdf_lo/SSHT-0030.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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